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$200 billion to build a data center? Soaring AI demands mean costs could skyrocket within a few years
Surging AI-related infrastructure demands mean data centers could soon cost as much as $200 billion to build, according to a recent study, with most owned privately rather than by governments. Research by Epoch AI tracing the computing powering AI by analyzing 500 systems shows that AI supercomputers — Epoch’s phrase for AI data centers or GPU clusters — are doubling…
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Data center constraints pinch as Microsoft reports soaring AI demand
Microsoft forecasted slowing growth in its Azure business at the firm’s most recent earnings call, with company executives noting that demand is currently outstripping capacity. Amy Hood, Microsoft’s CFO, said the tech giant predicts a growth rate of 31% to 32% in Azure, falling below the average analyst expectation of 32.25% according to reporting by Reuters. Hood also said the…
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